Ice cream (choose your flavor)



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Description
This is an ice cream base that can be flavoured to your choice

See the listing of flavour ideas below

Ingredients
Ice Cream Base:


 * 1 teaspoon cornflour (cornstarch)
 * 4 large free-range egg yolks
 * 300 ml (10 fl oz) 1 1/4 cups soya milk
 * 100g (4oz) castor sugar
 * 1 vanilla pod, split
 * 240 ml (8 fl oz) 1 cup of soya cream
 * 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions
Flavours:
 * 1) Mix the cornflour (cornstarch)and sugar with the egg yolks and a little of the milk until you have a smooth paste.
 * 2) Continue adding the milk and then pour the liquid into a saucepan to cook.
 * 3) Add the vanilla pod and then stir continuously until the custard is very thick and hot - but do not boil.
 * 4) Remove the pan from the heat and take out the pod (wash it under warm water, then dry it so that you can re-use it).
 * 5) Add the soy cream and blend briefly. mix in the vanilla extract and leave to cool.
 * 6) Follow the instructions on your ice-cream maker and pour in the custard.
 * 7) Churn until frozen and then serve, or freeze in a scalable container.
 * 8) Enjoy as vanilla flavour or stir in your added flavour of your choice.
 * Banana - (55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of banana pieces)


 * Caramel - (add 25 g (1 oz) 1/4 cup of crushed caramelised sugar pieces to the soy milk to dissolve before proceeding with the recipe)
 * Caramelised Fig- (Saute chooped figs, then add sugar and cook till sugar caramelises)
 * Chocolate chip - (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup dairy free chocolate chips)
 * Cookie Dough - (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of your favourite egg less cookie dough and some cholate chunks)
 * Cherry - (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of dried cherries soak in bordeux)
 * Grapenut - (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of Grapenut cereal)
 * Lemon Pie - (add lemon flavouring and 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup of pieces of shortbread cookies)
 * Malted Chocolate - (Melt barley malt and dark chocolate)
 * Maple walnut (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup walnut peices and maple flavour or syrup to taste)
 * Mint Chip (add mint flavouring and 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup cholate flakes)
 * Pistachio (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup roasted crushed salted pistachios)
 * Rum & Raisin (Soak 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup raisins in rum, then add)
 * Strawberry (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup fresh or fozen strwberries)
 * Toasted Almond (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup fine chopped roasted salted almonds)
 * Toasted Coconut (add 55 g (2 oz) 1/2 cup toasted dessiccated coconut)